Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. A method for express execution of internet service accessing with a touch-control interface for a computer system, comprising the following steps of: (a) turning on the computer system; wherein the computer system is arranged such that the computer system includes at least one data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a touch-control display device, and a network interface; and the data storage stores a first operating system, a touch-control display device driver for activating the touch-control display device, a network interface driver for activating the network interface, and at least one internet service accessing program; (b) executing the BIOS of the computer system; (c) before loading and executing the first operating system, performing the steps of: (c1) detecting the touch-control display device and the network interface; (c2) loading and executing the touch-control display driver to activate the touch-control display device; (c3) displaying an executive item icon representing the internet service accessing program with the touch-control display device; wherein the executive item icon representing the internet service accessing program is for executing a procedure for loading and executing the first operating system, establishing internet connection through the network interface, and loading and executing the internet service accessing program; (c4) detecting whether a selection is made by touching the executive item icon displayed on the touch-control display device; and (c5) executing the procedure corresponding to the executive item icon when the executive item icon representing the internet service accessing program is touched on the touch-control display device.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of data storage, and the data storage storing the first operating system is different from the data storage storing the touch-control display device driver, the network interface driver, and the internet service accessing program.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of data storage; one or more of the drivers including the touch-control display device driver, the network interface driver, and the internet service accessing program are stored in the data storage which also stores the first operating system, and the others are stored different from the data storage storing the first operating system.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the icon representing the internet service accessing program is selected from the group consisting of an instant messaging client program icon, a voice-over-IP client program icon, a micro-blogging service accessing program icon, and a Web browser program icon.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the step (c1) further comprises a step of detecting the audiovisual player.
6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein: the computer system further comprises at least one audiovisual player, and the data storage stores at least one audiovisual player application program corresponding to the audiovisual player; and the step (c3) further comprising displaying an executive item icon representing the audiovisual player application program in which the executive item icon representing the audiovisual player application program is for executing a procedure for loading and executing the first operating system, executing the audiovisual player application program, and activate and play the audiovisual player.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a step between the step (c1) and step (c2) of loading and executing a boot-loader program stored in the main boot record sector of the data storage.
8. A method for express execution of internet service accessing for a computer system, comprising the following steps of: (a) turning on the computer system, wherein the computer system is arranged such that the computer system at least includes at least one data storage, a system memory, a BIOS, a touch-control display device, and a network interface; and the data storage stores a first operating system, a second operating system, an at least one internet service accessing program; (b) executing the BIOS of the computer system; and (c) before loading and executing the first operating system or the second operating system, performing the steps of: (c1) displaying a plurality of executive item icons representing a regular computer booting process and at least one internet service accessing program with the touch-control display device; wherein the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process is for executing a procedure for loading and executing the second operating system; and wherein the executive item icon representing the internet service accessing program is for executing a procedure for loading and executing the first operating system, establishing internet connection through the network interface, and loading and executing the internet service accessing program; (c2) determining which among the displayed executive item icons is selected by the touch-control display device; and (c3) executing the procedure corresponding to the selected executive item icon.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein in step (c1), the item icon representing the internet service accessing program is categorized into an executive item group, and the step (c1) further comprises the steps of: displaying the group icon representing the executive item group of the internet service accessing program and the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process with the touch-control display device; determining which among the displayed executive item icon and the group icon is selected by the touch-control display device; and executing the procedure corresponding to the selected executive item icon when the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process is selected, or displaying the executive item icon of the internet service accessing program when the group icon of the internet service accessing program is selected.
10. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of dada storages, and the first operating system and the second operating are stored in different data storages respectively.
11. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the icon representing the internet service accessing program is selected from the group consisting of an instant messaging client program icon, a voice-over-IP client program icon, a micro-blogging service accessing program icon, and a Web browser program icon.
12. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein: the computer system further comprises at least one audiovisual player, and the data storage stores at least one audiovisual player application program corresponding to the audiovisual player; and the step (c1) further displaying an executive item icon representing the audiovisual player application program for executing a procedure for loading and executing the first operating system, executing the audiovisual player application program, and activate and play the audiovisual player.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein in step (c1), the item icons representing the internet service accessing program and the audiovisual player application program are categorized into two executive item groups, and the step (c1) further comprises the steps of: displaying the group icons representing the executive item group of the internet service accessing program, the group icons representing the executive item group of the audiovisual player application program, and the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process with the touch-control display device; determining which among the displayed executive item icon and the group icons is selected by the touch-control display device; and executing the procedure corresponding to the selected executive item icon when the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process is selected; displaying the executive item icon of the internet service accessing program when the group icon of the internet service accessing program is elected; or displaying the executive item icon of the audiovisual player application program when the group icon of audiovisual player application program is selected.
14. A computer system for express execution of internet service accessing, comprising: a control circuit; a BIOS memory, connected to the control circuit and storing a BIOS program; a system memory, connected to the control circuit; a touch-control display device, connected to the control circuit, for sending an input signal to the control circuit and receiving visual signals generated by the control circuit for displaying; a network interface, connected to the control circuit for establishing internet connection; and at least one data storage, storing a first operating system, a touch-control display device driver for activating the touch-control display device, a network interface driver for activating the network interface, and at least one internet service accessing program; wherein the computer system is arranged such that after the computer system is turned on, the control circuit executes the BIOS program to detect the touch-control display device and the network interface, and loads and executes the touch-control display driver to activate the touch-control display device; the touch-control display device displays at least one executive item icon representing at least one internet service accessing program before loading and executing the first operating system; the control circuit determines which among the displayed executive item icons is selected according to the input signal sent by the touch-control display device before loading and executing the first operating system; and after any of the displayed executive item icons is selected, the control circuit loads and executes the first operating system, establishes internet connection through the network interface, and loads and executes the internet service accessing program corresponding the selected executive item icon.
15. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the touch-control display device includes: an touch-control signal receiver, disposed on the display panel, and connected to the control circuit, for sending the input signal to the control circuit; and a display panel, for receiving the visual signals generated by the control circuit for displaying.
16. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of data storage, and the data storage storing the first operating system is different from the data storage storing the touch-control display device driver, the network interface driver, and the internet service accessing program.
17. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of data storage; one or more of the drivers including the touch-control display device driver, the network interface driver, and the internet service accessing program are stored in the data storage which also stores the first operating system, and the others are stored different from the data storage storing the first operating system.
18. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 wherein: the data storage further stores a second operating system; the touch-control display device further displays an executive item icon representing a regular computer booting process of the second operating system; and the control circuit loads and executes the second operating system when the executive item icon representing the regular computer booting process is selected.
19. The computer system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the computer system comprises a plurality of data storage, and the data storage storing the first operating system is different from the data storage storing the second operating system.
20. The computer system as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first operating system and the second operating system are stored in a first partition and a second partition respectively.
21. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the icon representing the internet service accessing program is selected from the group consisting of an instant messaging client program icon, a voice-over-IP client program icon, a micro-blogging service accessing program icon, and a Web browser program icon.
22. The computer system as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising: at least an audiovisual player, connected to the circuit; and at least one audiovisual player application program, stored in the data storage; wherein the touch-control display device further displays an executive item icon representing the audiovisual player application program, and the control circuit loads and executes the first operating system, activates the audiovisual player, and loads and executes the audiovisual player application program when the executive item icon representing the audiovisual player application program is selected.
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April 23, 2013
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